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Object Number
14-27-10/85700
Display Title
Shaman's headdress of human hair
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headdress, human hair, feathers, and fur attached to hide cap, rawhide ties
Classification
- Shaft, modified
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Skeena River, Upper
Materials
Human hair, Hide, Fur, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 49 x 31.5 x 2.4 cm (19 5/16 x 12 3/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
14-27-10/85700
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(?)
Donor
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1914)
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Media Restricted
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Headdress
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United States
| |
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Headdress
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| |
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Headdress
|
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| |
|
Media Restricted
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| |
|
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| |
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| |
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|
Alaska
| |
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Headdress
|
Nevada
| |
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Headdress
|
Angola
| |
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Headdress
Headdress |
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